KING’S HOLIDAY
ARRIVAL AT ATHENS TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM ATHENS, Aug. 25. In a broiling sun an immense crowd of British residents and local people welcomed the Nafilin. The city was beflagged, and there was great enthusiasm when King Edward Ikent ashore in the evening. He visited the Acropolis, which was floodlit, and Parthenon, and dined at the British Legation, where thousands cheered his arrival. The King is remaining in Athens until Thursday.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 202, 27 August 1936, Page 7
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